Transcript Crap, I have to cite my sources

CR@P, I HAVE TO CITE
MY SOURCES!
WHY SHOULD I BOTHER?
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It’s about academic honesty—give credit where
credit is due.
It’s about covering your glutes in case the
information in your research turns out to be
inaccurate or biased.
It’s required.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO?
• You should cite any sources used for your project
using citations, a works cited page and
parenthetical references.
• For this paper, you will have at least 3 sources on
your works cited page: Frankenstein, one of the
other 3 texts (Jekyll/Hyde, Othello, Jane Eyre) and a
Literary Criticism Article.
#1: WHAT IS A CITATION?
• The citation summarizes bibliographic data
to provide your reader (teacher) information
to locate the book, website, or magazine
that you used:
• Author (if given)
• Title of article, webpage, or entry
• Publication information (publisher, website,
magazine title, date, location)
• Medium (Print, Web, etc.)
• Date of access
HOW IS A CITATION FORMATTED?
• Each citation or entry follows a specific format.
Punctuation used in the citation defines different
types of information in the entry. Formatting is very
important.
• The parts of the citation follow a specific order and
have their own function.
WHAT DOES A CITATION LOOK LIKE?
“Preview: 2008 Dodge Challenger." Billy
Bubba’s Hemiworld. 9 Feb. 2006. Web. 28
June 2006.
This citation example is for a webpage. Other
sources will look different and will have other
kinds of information.
WHAT’S UP WITH PUNCTUATION?
Titles of articles, webpages, or
entries in a reference work are
usually noted by quotation marks.
Titles of books, websites, or reference
sources are usually noted with italics.
This is a change from MLA 6th ed.
“Preview:2008
2008 Dodge
DodgeChallenger."
Challenger."Billy
Billy Bubba’s
Bubba’s
“Preview:
Hemiworld.
9 Feb.
Hemiworld. 9
Feb. 2006.
2006.Web.
Web.28
28June
June2006
2006.
<http://www.billybubba.org/hemi/challenger.ht
m>.
Dates in MLA citations follow a
specific format. It’s very European.
You need to define in what medium
you accessed the material. If you got
it from the web, use “Web.”
Each part of the citation is completed
with a period.
The web address or URL is no longer required in the
citation. This is another change in the 7th edition.
WHAT GOES IN QUOTES AND
WHICH GETS ITALICIZED?
• Generally speaking, the citation goes from specific
to general.
• Author always gets first billing, but if there is no
author, you need to list the title of the specific
article, entry, etc. first. That gets the “quotation
treatment.”
• Next, you need to include the larger work in which
that content was found. Probably it was part of a
book, magazine or website. That source gets the
italic treatment.
I STILL DON’T GET IT.
• If you got an article from an encyclopedia:
• “Lewis and Clark” is the specific article
• World Book is the larger source
• If you got an article from a website:
• “Terrorists get their day in court.” is the article
• CNN.com is the larger source
• If you got an article from a magazine:
• “Obama challenged by right.” is the article
• Time is the larger source
WHAT ARE THE OTHER MEDIUMS?
• Print. is used for almost anything printed on paper.
Examples are books, reference magazines,
pamphlets, etc.
• Web. Is used for any web-based content.
• Other medium examples include:
• CD
• Film
• Television
• Ask yourself—by which medium did you get the
information?
HOW DO I CITE OTHER SOURCES?
• Books, websites, databases, interviews, etc.
all have distinct citation formats and require
different bibliographic information.
• This tutorial would take forever if we covered
every one. And that’s a waste of time,
paper, and energy!
• Use a guide, online citation ‘engine’ or the
“Research Papers” link on your media
webpage.
• Clickable links can be found on the last
page of this tutorial.
#2: WHAT’S A WORKS CITED PAGE?
• The works cited page is an alphabetical listing of all
cited sources for your research. This list could
include books, websites, databases, interviews, and
any other source of information used.
• Remember that if you use someone else’s ideas,
words, quotes, data, or other information, you must
cite your source.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER STUFF?
• There may be situations where you read or consult
other sources but do not use them directly in your
paper. In this case, you can include them in a
bibliography.
• A bibliography will contain all sources in your works
cited list plus any additional sources used.
HOW DO I FORMAT A WORKS CITED
PAGE?
• The entire page is double spaced
• The page is titled “Works Cited”
• Use a hanging indent. If you tab, you may get funky
line breaks. See next slide on how to format a page
for hanging indents.
HOW TO HANG YOUR INDENTS
• Before starting your works
cited page…
• Open the “Format” menu
to “Paragraph”
• Select “Hanging” in the
“Special” section of the
“Indentation” area
• Don’t mess with anything
else!
WHAT SHOULD IT LOOK LIKE?
“Works Cited’ centered
at top of page
Entries alphabetized
Page has hanging
indents
• What’s wrong with this
page?
• ‘cited’ should be
capitalized!
#3: WHAT’S A PARENTHETICAL
REFERENCE?
• A parenthetical reference (PR) is a pointer to an
entry in your works cited list.
• It provides a reference to your source in the text of
your paper.
• Information is contained in () parentheses.
• When you use ideas, data, or quotations from a
source and put them in your paper, you need to
note that source with a parenthetical reference.
WHAT IS IN A PARENTHETICAL
REFERENCE?
• Because the parenthetical reference is a pointer to
an entry in your works cited list, you put the last
name of the author or the first word of the title of
the source if no author is given.
• If you are using information from a book, magazine,
or print source, include the page number where the
information was found.
WHAT’S THE CONNECTION?
• The parenthetical
reference should
match the first word of
the entry in your works
cited page.
WHERE DO I PUT THEM?
• Include a parenthetical
reference at the end of the
sentence, paragraph, or
section that uses information
from that source.
• Place the reference before
the period if at the end of a
sentence.